9Synonyms found for flip

Word Origin & History

flip 1590s, possibly imitative; or a contraction of fillip (q.v.), which also is held to be imitative. Sense of "get excited" is first recorded 1950; flip one's lid "lose one's head, go wild" is from 1951. For flip (adj.) "glib," see flippant. Related: Flipped. Flipping (adj.) as euphemism for fucking is British slang first recorded 1911 in D.H. Lawrence.

Example Sentences for flipped

He brought handouts to illustrate his points and flipped them to the committee members as one might toss breadcrumbs to pigeons.

The hurricanes' storm surges also flipped some of the marshes inside out, so to speak.

My husband had valve surgery and totally flipped out for approximately four weeks.

So he lied, claimed to be pro-choice, and has now flipped back again.

He woke immediately with a startled bark and flipped me onto my back.

Birds flipped themselves, dry and hot, in the empty birdbath.

It cooked mostly on the first side, and then he flipped it to crisp up the pork a bit.

He can't prove that a coin flipped a million times won't come up consistently heads.

Camera shifts to a calendar being flipped by a graceful hand wearing the same diamond wedding ring.

If she flipped them over, they righted themselves in the same amount of time, if not quicker.